Julia Orwell

Stories from Julia Orwell

Seems like it's 10 PM all day, any more
Julia Orwell
Monday, December 13, 2010
Since its 1960s debut on TV station WKBW-Buffalo, the public service announcement It’s 10 pm. Do you know where your children are? has become a fixture of popular culture. These days, many parents can respond, “Sure, my child’s in the next room on the computer.”

FUBAR Labs hit me with technology
Julia Orwell
Saturday, June 5, 2010

Three-dimensional printing with plastic, robotic mice and bartenders, “lasers” cutting Lucite, and voiding the warranty by taking apart printers! “There’s a lot of mad science going on here,” says Fair Use Building and Research (FUBAR) Labs president Phil Gillhaus. Last Saturday, curious ‘Parkers had the opportunity to peek inside this weird science laboratory at the FUBAR Labs open house.

Zombie legions want your brain
Julia Orwell
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Ever wonder why your e-mail’s spam box is always so full of ads for counterfeit pharmaceuticals (a.k.a. 'pharm spam'), penny stocks, sex aids, and fake Rolexes?

Liars and Scammers and Spam, Oh My!
Julia Orwell
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Dear Readers,
How are you doing? Hope all is well with you and your family, I am sorry I didn't inform you about my traveling to England for a Seminar.

I need a favor from you as soon as you receive this email, I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money, and other valuable things were kept. Can you urgently assist me with a soft loan of $2,600 US Dollars to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home. You are the only one I can trust with this, please can this be between us? You have my word; I will refund you as soon as I return.

Public & private lines blur in the Matrix
Julia Orwell
Monday, January 18, 2010

Central Jersey is in the house—or should I say —on Facebook, with more than 500 search results for groups related to “Central Jersey.” Almost 20 of those groups, ranging in membership from two to 532 members, are about Central Jersey generally. The New Brunswick fan page has over 2150 fans.

 

If you’re on Facebook—and there’s a good chance you are—you’re among 350 million plus people worldwide who are storing much of their personal information on the Internet… indefinitely.

 

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